Improvement in camp-stools



L. SAUTER.

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Wimsses.

N.PETE.RS, PHUTO-L THOGRAPHEH WASHINGTON D C of the tubularsupportingbar'A.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFE LORENZ SAUTER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.v

IMPROVEMENT `INCAMP-sTooLs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,88 l, dated J une20, 1876; application filed` f March 3,' i876.

-To all 'whom it may concern:

Be` it known that I, LORENZ SAUTER, of Jersey-Oity, in the countyofuHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Folding Chairs,

which improvement vis fully set forth in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1represents a side view of my chair,

partly in section, when the same is unfolded for use. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the same whenv it is folded. Fig. 3 is a side view ofthe inner section of the tubular supporting-bar.

Fig. et is a horizontal section of the lsupport-l ing-bar, and the headwhich carries the seatsupporting arms.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. f

. vThis .invention relates to achair which isV constructed of a tubularsupporting-bar and arms carrying a iiexible seat, in such manner thatthe seat-supporting arms can beiuscrted in the tubular supporting-bar. l

The improvements will ybe hereinafter fully described, and specificallypointed out in the claims, a preliminary description being, therefore,deemed unnecessary. v

Inthe drawing, the letter A designatesthe tubular bar, which is madetelescopic, so. that it can be lengthened or shortened, its outer'section'a being provided With a pin', b, which catches in an L-shapedslot, c, in the inner section d,-.so that the outer section, when it israised and slightly turned,is firmly retained in position. A slightdepression, e, atfthe end ofthe horizontal branch of the L-shaped slotc, serves to-retain the lpin b, and with it Athe -upper section, so thatthe latter cannot turn spontaneously. To the bottomvend of the t tubularsupporting-bar A are hinged three folded by the action of springs h. Theseat'G `is supported by arms D, which extend from a head, E, that fits asocket, i, in the upper end In Vthe eX- ample shown in the.draw.ing saidarms are connected to their head'by pivots 7'. `When the chair is tobefolded up the arms can be inserted intothe tubular supporting-bar, asshown in Fig. 2.

The head E is provided with a key,lc, which can be made to en ter acircular groove, l,in `the socket t", so that said head is retained inthe socket, and can be swiveled round without-danger of becomingdetached.

When the arms D are hinged to their head, as shown in the drawing, theyare provided with toes m, which, when the arms are nn- "folded, andtheir headk is` inserted into the socket t, catch against a rim, n, onthe mouth of said socket, andtherebyY the arms are prevented fromcollapsing when the chair is un-v folded for use.

In the head E is-situa`teda spring, o, which acts against a disk, p,that bears against shoulders q on the arms D, sothat-said spring has atendencyto spread the arms.

in Fig. 1r. When the chairris to be folded up, the seat is removed, thehead E is withdrawn from the socket, the arms D are folded up andinserted into the tubular Ysupportingbar-A, and the legs B arecompressed and sccured bythe ring g. When thus folded my chair can beeasily'carried o r suspendedfrom the armhole of the vest, or any otherportion of a garment, by means of a hook, s, and persons intending to goon picnics, or to visit an v.exhibition or fair, are enabled to providethem--v selves withchairs which .can be easily carried and used wheneverit may be desirable.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure y by Letters Patent, is

l. The seat-supporting arms D, arranged in the headE, and constructedwith the toes m,

vsubstantially as described. y

, ,2. The head E, having thezpink, in combi-A. .nation with theseat-supporting arms and I tubular supporting-bar A, having the socketl,constructed with the circular groove l, into which the pin k on thehead E extends, as and for the object specified. I

3. The seat-supporting arms D, .pivoted to' the head E, and constructedwith the toes m, extending rearwardly beyondthe pivots, in

The upy per ends of the arms are provided with hooks r, to which theseat is attached, as shown' combination with the telescopic tubular snp-1u testimony that; I elaimizhe` foregoingv portinghnr A,having the rimn, and hinged hereunto sebiny lia-nd tliiswZeLtgh dffiyf of wlfeb logsBsnllstantiailly as described. ruary,"1`-,76. i i i 4. Thecombinationwithithe head E and `hiliged arms D,` of an' spring, o,ainddisk p,

- i LORENZSATE. hearilg against Shoulders gnou thel arms D" Witnesses: in l substantially nsandyfor the purpose shown W. HAUE ff; i anddescribed. i i E. F. KAsTENHUBEm

